"RELATIONSHIPS ARE BUILT ON
recognizing and appreciating
each other's strengths."
–SUSAN GOLUBOCK
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Your staff cares deeply but feels stuck.
Traditional behavior plans and compliance-based strategies often
leave educators frustrated, students are dysregulated, and therapists are searching for better answers.
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They want to be neuro-affirming—but don’t know where to start or how to make it work within real-world demands.
Our Solution
At Making Sense of Autism, we deliver professional development grounded in the Neuro-Strengths-BasedTM Support for Autism (NSBSA) framework.
This framework shifts the focus from fixing behavior to understanding the brain—helping teams connect with autistic students and reduce daily stress for everyone.
Your staff will learn to:
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Recognize the neurological reasons behind behavior
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Build on autistic strengths to improve engagement
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Support regulation before dysregulation happens
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Communicate in ways that foster trust and connection
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Collaborate across disciplines to meet shared goals
"It has worked wonders for (client),
I have more active participation, willingness to try new activities,
and vocalizing his wants."
–SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY ASSISTANT
TRAINED IN NSBSA
Feedback from learners....
What is it that you feel you learned from this course that you can use in your daily interaction with the autistic(s) you interact with?
"I need to be more intentional with my teaching autistic children and teach them based on both their interests and expand on what they know."
"...utilize strengths for learning;
observe and offer support
in the moment."